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  • 31Mob — may refer to: A crowd (of people, from Latin mobile vulgus fickle commoners : An angry mob; see Ochlocracy A criminal gang In American English, organized crime; slang for Mafia or American Mafia Mobbing, human bullying behaviour Animal mobbing… …

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  • 32MOB — may refer to:* An unruly crowd (of people) see: ** Mob rule (as in mobile vulgus, fickle crowd) ** Flash mob (social phenomenon) ** Smart mob (a temporary self structuring social organization, coordinated through telecommunication) * A collection …

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  • 33Floating city — may refer to: Floating city (science fiction), settlements that use buoyancy to remain in the atmosphere of a planet Ocean colonization, the theory and practice of building structures to allow humans to live on opermanently in areas of Earth… …

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  • 34Seasteading — is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, outside the territories claimed by the governments of any standing nation. At least two people independently began using the term, a portmanteau of sea and homesteading: Ken …

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  • 35Madeleine Barclay — Infobox Military Person name=Madeleine Barclay caption= born=birth date|1911|2|21 died=death date|1943|6|1 placeofbirth= Paris placeofdeath= HMS Fidelity off Azores nickname= allegiance=United Kingdom, France branch=Special Operations Executive,… …

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  • 36Power projection — USS John C. Stennis, and HMS Illustrious, two aircraft carriers on a joint patrol, and an important role of a blue water navy. Power projection (or force projection) is a term used in military and political science to refer to th …

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  • 37MOB — Mobility (Governmental » Transportation) *** Mobilization (Governmental » Military) * Make Or Break (Governmental » US Government) * Man Over Board (Governmental » Military) * Mail Order Brides (Business » Positions) * Men Of Business (Business » …

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  • 38Wind turbine — Offshore wind farm using 5MW turbines REpower 5M in the North Sea off Belgium This article discusses wind powered electrical generators. See windmill for wind powered machinery used to grind grain or pump water. A wind turbine is a device that… …

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  • 39Dynamic positioning — Offshore Support Vessel Toisa Perseus with, in the background, the fifth generation deepwater drillship Discoverer Enterprise, over the Thunder Horse Oil Field. Both are equipped with DP systems. Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer controlled… …

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  • 40Dependent States — ▪ 2009 Introduction Europe and the Atlantic.       For a list of populated Dependent States, see Table (Dependent States).       In May 2008 Ilulissat, Greenland, was the site of an international summit on Arctic sovereignty attended by official… …

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